What caused the TikTok outage?
TikTok appears to be working at the moment, but it's had a rocky weekend.
The social media app has been hit with thousands of outage reports, with DownDetector showing spikes over the weekend as users were unable to access the platform (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same parent company as Mashable.)
Why was TikTok down?
At the time of writing, although outage reports appear to be clearing up, there is yet to be an official explanation as to what exactly went wrong (Mashable has reached out to TikTok, and we will update this story if we receive a response).
It's worth noting that TikTok has had a very busy week, however. On Thursday, the Chinese-owned platform announced that it had reached a deal to continue operating in the U.S. after years of pressure from politicians, creating the catchily named, majority U.S.-owned TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. Following the announcement, U.S. users were greeted with a pop-up asking them to read and agree to the app's new Terms of Service.
Is it possible that the transfer in ownership, and whatever that entails behind the scenes, led to the issues users experienced on Sunday? It's difficult to say without any official word from TikTok, but the timing certainly seems notable.